Blockchain, machine learning, and a future accounting
Professionals who aren’t at the forefront of learning and testing ways to adopt these technologies risk getting left behind.
Data and information security
Having fun with thumb drives (and USB hubs)
Novelty USB hubs and thumb drives are not usually your best option for business purposes for a few reasons.
CPAs’ top 5 questions about blockchain, cryptocurrencies
This article discusses ways CPAs can leverage this new technology to improve client service.
How to provide cybersecurity advice
Audrey Katcher, CPA/CITP, CGMA, a partner with RubinBrown LLP, explains how CPAs can help clients secure their data.
Protect your online privacy with a VPN
The easiest and least expensive way to set up a VPN is to subscribe to a VPN service provider.
How board members can perform oversight of cybersecurity risks
A new CAQ tool addresses the topic.
The robots are not just coming, they are already here
In the accounting technology industry, machine learning systems are already working in the background.
How board members can perform oversight of cybersecurity risks
A new tool can help board members understand what questions to ask in their oversight of cybersecurity risk management.
How consumers are changing their behavior to combat ID theft
Four of out five respondents say they’ve changed their behavior in response to the threat of cyberbreaches affecting credit card and debit card processing systems.
Online security: The password-recovery questions you should be answering
The challenge for organizations is to not make the security questions so difficult that users are unable to remember their answers later.
SEC publishes new requirements for cybersecurity disclosures
Public companies received new guidance from the SEC on the disclosures they should make related to cybersecurity.
Internet forms: Password-protecting Form 941
How to add password protection to IRS Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Tax Return.
Bruce Sussman, CPA
Adapting defensive tools to be used in an analytic, predictive mode is a key to facing cybersecurity challenges, according to Bruce Sussman, CPA, payment card industry global executive for AIG.
Cybersecurity tips from the ‘Shark Tank’
Shark Tank star and cybersecurity expert Robert Herjavec said CPAs have an important role to play as trusted advisers on cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity: A new engagement opportunity
CPAs who possess the appropriate expertise can perform new consulting and attest services for clients under a recently released AICPA framework. Developing expertise in this area is the key.
Reality: 100% protection against cyber threats is impossible
In this video, Lisa Traina, CPA/CITP, CGMA, Traina & Associates, a CapinCrouse company, discusses the future of cybersecurity, including straightforward ways that organizations can shrink their risk.
Simple steps to boost cybersecurity
In this video, Lisa Traina, CPA/CITP, CGMA, Traina & Associates, a CapinCrouse company, explains why organizations should examine their understanding of cybersecurity threats and offers three ways that CPAs can enhance their organization’s security.
Blockchain opens new era for cross-border payments
Blockchain could streamline how money moves between nations.
Cybersecurity by the numbers
Key statistics illustrate the threats facing the accounting profession—and potential liability for firms if a breach occurs.
The single factor of most concern in the cloud
Our annual technology roundtable explores the importance of multifactor authentication and solutions for securing clients’ data in the cloud.
